Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life - Softcover

Frederic Brussat; Mary Ann Brussat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684835347 ISBN 13: 9780684835341

Publisher: Scribner, 1998

Synopsis

A book that belongs in every seeker's home, Spiritual Literacy answers the universal question, "How can I live a spiritual life every day?" Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat reveal a way to read the texts of our lives and of the world around us for sacred meaning.
Using more than 650 brief examples from contemporary books and movies, they tutor us in the art of lingering with our experiences and seeing the world with fresh eyes. They present spiritual perspectives on things, places, nature, animals, leisure, creativity, service, body, relationships, and community. The Alphabet of Spiritual Literacy describes the key spiritual practices -- from attention to zeal -- that spell the meaning in daily life.
Here is the book to share with your children, family, colleagues, and friends as you explore together the bounties of the spiritual life.

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Review:

Here is an astoundingly rich and needed addition to spiritual literature. With Sisyphean diligence, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat have managed to compile an extraordinary array of spiritual passages from writers across time and regardless of religious denomination, from the lyricist Leonard Cohen to the philosopher Jacob Needleman, from the mystic Christian Meister Eckhart to the novelist Annie Dillard, from the Zen master Robert Aitken to the poet Robert Haas. Read this book, contemplate it and learn the ABCs of spiritually, of life.

About the Author:

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat have devoted their energies for three
decades to identifying and reviewing resources for people on spiritual journeys. Their current projects include the Values & Visions Reviews Service and the Values & Visions Circles. The Brussats live in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0684835347
• ISBN 13: 9780684835341
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608